Month: April 2009

Looks like I've been neglecting Windows apps for a while. So here is a neat free (donationware) application......Marxio Timer . It's a "simple" timer program that can pretty much do anything a user does on a pre-programmed timer loop. You can set Marxio Timer to perform a preset action or set it to execute an application or keystrokes of your choice. You can specify a time or have it perform the action after a recurrent event like your computer idling or when CPU usage reaches a certain percentage. Marxio Timer has password protection and will even take a screenshot at the moment if you need to document it. One of the handier features is the ability to save your settings, a big time saver if you've created a number of elaborate…

Hot on the heels of cometdocs and it's free document conversion webservice comes Gantter. If you've ever used Microsoft Project, you'll feel right at home here. You can think of it as a web-based Microsoft Project. It helps you to:Plan and estimate your project (duration, work, cost) by splitting the project into a number of tasksReview you plan using Gantt chartManage project resources (work or material) and assign them to tasksManage project calendars (set working times, add holidays etc)Manage resource calendars (working times, vacations etc)Control your project's progress by setting % complete values to each taskReview critical tasksJust like in MS Project you start by adding tasks, setting dependencies between them (Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish, Start-to-Start), indenting them to create summary tasks. Then you add resources, modify their calendars if necessary,…

Well just came back from NAB'09 in Vegas. NAB was a bit thinly attended this year (I hear ~85,0000 people, as opposed to close to 200,000 in previous years). Had lots of time to browse the entire show floor. Lots of neat little booths and an entire section for experimental media in North Hall which was kinda cool. Anyways, in catching up with the feeds, today I came across cometdocs . It's a free document conversion web service. Its unique features include on the fly OCR conversion capabilities, over 50 different conversion options and proprietary XPS and PDF conversion abilities that retains formatting, images and text in the selected output format.A List of Online Conversion Types:Convert from PDF:(some conversion support OCR conversion for scanned PDF)PDF to Open Office Writer formatPDF to…

Okay so the title is long....but now you know what's coming....right? TPMG (Toronto Photography Meetup Group) visited The Carlu courtesy of Jenn. We were group number four and there was 15 of us. The Carlu , for those of you who don't know, is the new name given to the 7th floor of Eaton's College Street store. An Art Moderne masterpiece, the Eaton's Seventh Floor was at the heart of Toronto's cultural life for many years. The Auditorium played host to the major performers of its day, including Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra. The first performance of the National Ballet of Canada was on the stage of the Eaton Auditorium. Canada's own Glenn Gould, fond of the Auditorium's excellent acoustics, used the hall for a number of his recordings. I'm get to…